A HEADMISTRESS who took her own life after her school was downgraded contacted a mental health crisis team, an inquest heard.
Ruth Perry, 53, had been head at Caversham Primary School in Reading since 2010 but killed herself on January 8 this year.
BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR CHILDREN/UNPIXSRuth Perry, 53, had been head at Caversham Primary School since 2010[/caption]
Senior Coroner for Berkshire Heidi Connor told an inquest that the troubled headteacher was in contact with a mental health crisis team on November 21 last year.
That was just days after the Ofsted inspection which resulted in her school being downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”.
Ruth’s GP and the crisis team member she was in touch with will appear in person at the full inquest hearing as witnesses.
The coroner ruled that the inquest at Reading Coroner’s Court, which is set to take place in five weeks, will examine “the Ofsted inspection in terms of how it was conducted that day” – but will not dispute the grading itself.
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